Field studies on the effect of built forms on urban wind environments

Renewable Energy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-154

  Gao, Yafeng ^a   Yao, Runming ^a,b   Li, Baizhan ^a   Turkbeyler, Erdal ^c   Luo, Qing ^a   Short, Alan ^d,e  

^a Chongqing University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d Short and Associates   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built form; Factor analysis; Field measurement; Statistical analysis; Wind environment

Indexed keywords

BUILT FORM; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD STUDIES; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; INDUCED AIRFLOW; LOW-RISE BUILDINGS; MEASURED DATA; OPEN SPACE; STREET CANYON; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND ENVIRONMENT; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ARCHITECTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEY; OPEN SPACE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREET CANYON; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860881803     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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